TAZKIYATUN NAFS SEBAGAI BASIS PENGUAT KOMPETENSI KEPRIBADIAN GURU

The title of this scientific research is “Tazkiyatun Nafs as a Base for
Strengthening Teacher’s Personality Competencies”. The writer wants to
describe: 1) how the process of personality growth, 2) the function of nafs (the
soul) to personality, 3) the process of implementing tazkiyatun nafs
(purification of soul) in strengthening personality, and 4) the urgency of
tazkiyatun nafs to strengthen the personality of the teacher.
The teacher should have personality competencies that are steady,
stable, mature, wise, and charismatic, being role model for students, and
noble, but in reality this personality competencies tend to be still low and still
far away from the personality that should be owned by the teacher.
In this scientific research the writer wants to offer an alternative
solution to the approach of Islamic psychology, namely that “tazkiyatun nafs”
which can be used as a basis for strengthening the personality of the teacher.
This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, and the type of research
used is literature or library research.
The essence of tazkiyatun nafs is a process of cleansing the human soul
from impurities, both physical and mental impurities. Thus, the notion of
tazkiyatun nafs is closely related to matters of morality and spirituality, and in
Islam functions as a pattern of formation of human beings with good character
and piety to Allah. In this study the writer gets the findings or conclusions: 1)
The growth of one’s personality is influenced by internal factors which are the
integration of elements of aql (mind), qalb (heart), and hawa (lust), and
external factors namely the process of interaction with the environment, 2)
The soul has important functions towards one’s personality. A clean soul will
result in good behavior and a dirty soul will result in a low or weak
personality. 3) Nafs or soul is a command center for all human activity, as
well as a driving force that drives all kinds of human movements and
behavior. 3) Through tazkiyatun nafs, the teacher’s personality becomes clean,
strong, and healthy and in turn can result to noble behavior or ahlaq. 4)
Tazkiyatun nafs as a basis for strengthening the personality of the teacher.